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Abstract
Malnutrition is the most serious nutritional diseases among children. In Egypt, milk production is not sufficient to supply the daily requirements of babies. For This reason, many efforts had been carried out to prepare weaning-food mixtures. The main objective of the present study is an attempt to prepare some weaning food mixtures with high nutritional quality, microbiologically safe, acceptable for babies consumption and cheap price from the view economical point. Also comparative study between prepared formulae and local market baby food mixtures were carried out. Ten weaning-food mixtures were prepared by using Faba beans (Vicia faba L.) variety Giza; rice (Oryza sttival.); corn (Zea mays) variety 320; Lentil (Lens culinaris) were obtained from Agricultural Reaserch center, Giza, Cairo. Meanwhile, karish cheese (cottage cheese); apple (Malus domistica) and yellow carrots (Daucus carrota) were obtained from local market, EL-Apoor city, Qalubia, Egypt.
Chemical composition (moisture, crude protein, lipids, ash, crude fibers, carbohydrates and total energy); Minerals (Ca, P, Mg and Fe); amino acids and chemical protein score were determined. Microbiological evaluation (total bacterial counts, psychrophilic bacteria; coliform bacteria, fungi and yeasts were evaluated during storage period at 4C ± 1C. Organoleptic evaluation of all formulae of color, taste, odor, consistency, appearance and Overall acceptability were studied during storage. Results indicated that.
Chemical composition of food materials (g/100g on dry weight basis) indicated that, kharish cheese powder recorded the highest percentage of protein (31.6%) and also ash content (8.3%). Meanwhile, carrots showed the highest percentage of crude fibers (6.9%), followed by apple peel (4.0%). Rice was the highest percentage of carbohydrates (88.5%) also the highest value of calories was found in corn (411.5 k.cal.), followed by rice (401.7 k.cal) Cereals are rich in carbohydrates and the main source of energy, while kharish cheese is considered as a good source of animal protein and ash content. In addition, carrots and apples are the major source of crude fibers.